Chicagoland Educators Orchestra
Bryan Miller, Founder and Conductor
ABOUT THE CEO
Educate, Entertain, Inspire!
Chicagoland Educators Orchestra members represent music education excellence and dedication at every instructional level from grade school through college while also remaining active as performing artists through the numerous professional opportunities available within Chicagoland’s rich musical landscape.
In addition to pioneering the Midwest Clinic’s New Music for Orchestra session, this unique ensemble continues to break new ground through innovative artistic endeavors. The CEO has served as the reference recording orchestra for music publishers and performs benefit concerts to honor those who serve, raising awareness and funds for music, civic, and military causes.
The members’ collective direct access to over 15,000 music students and their families can be leveraged to assemble dynamic audience counts for performances supporting such meaningful causes. The far-reaching musical, civic, inspirational and educational impact of such performance events upon our students is virtually immeasurable.
We hope you enjoy our work and our music is of service to you and your students.
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
Bryan Miller is the founder and conductor of the Chicagoland Educators Orchestra. A career music educator, he has served as Music Department Chair for Chicagoland’s Leyden High Schools since 1994. He has held concurrent music education faculty positions for Elmhurst, North Central, and VanderCook Colleges. He also served on NAfME’s Council of Music Program Leaders. Guest conducting appearances have included college, community, and military bands, ILMEA, ISYM, the Salt Creek Sinfonietta, the Wheaton Municipal Band, and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. A CYSO alumnus, he has served on its Board of Directors since 2002. He has served as a presenter, conductor, or performer for NAfME, The Midwest Clinic, and IMEC.
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Also a career military musician, Lieutenant Colonel Miller serves our country as the Commander and Conductor of The Air National Guard Band of the Midwest, the 566th Air Force Band. He volunteered for deployments in 2010 and 2012, leading AFCENT Band missions through numerous undisclosed locations in Southwest Asia and North Africa. Stateside mission highlights include Rockefeller Center Plaza’s Centennial of Flight Exposition, Mount Rushmore’s Independence Day Celebration, performances honoring the Tuskeegee Airmen, Neil Armstrong, memorial services for President Reagan, and guest conducting the United States Air Force Band.
An active trumpet artist, he performed under Maestro Daniel Barenboim with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera brass sections for the Arnold Jacobs memorial tribute concert at Symphony Center. His brass quintet was a semi-finalist in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He is an alumnus of the NIU Jazz Ensemble, a founding member of the Pete Ellman Big Band, a member of the Park Avenue Orchestra, and former principal trumpet of the Wheaton Municipal Band.
